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There's some mightily impressive records on here. I go running (note I do not say I am a runner ) and my PB is for a half marathon at 01:27:45. I did the NYC marathon in 03:23:52 (I think) but feel I could do much better.

the_bandersnatch wrote:There's some mightily impressive records on here. I go running (note I do not say I am a runner ) and my PB is for a half marathon at 01:27:45. I did the NYC marathon in 03:23:52 (I think) but feel I could do much better.

The first step is admitting you are a runner.

Klotz wrote:I read the time before I read the sport, so I thought you can 500 metres in 40 seconds.That would be something.

I did the same thing. The "something" that would be is lying.

Totally not a hypothetical...

Steroid wrote:

bigglesworth wrote:If your economic reality is a choice, then why are you not as rich as Bill Gates?

Speedo wrote:Congrats Thats a pretty substantial milestone to reach.I've been doing cross-training for my swim team, and we ran our first 5k this week in practiceMy coach clocked me at a 18:57... I couldn't believe how hard it was. Harder than anything I've ever swam in a practice thats for sure... Hopefully I'll learn to run smarter soon

Race running is much different from practice. The gigantic starting lines and having people around to pace off gives you a kind of rush throughout the race, and after a while it isn't painful any more.

Yeah, the same sort of thing happens in open water swimming for me, so I know what you mean. I'd try to do a real 5k race, but being smack dab in the middle of the competitive swim season makes me think twice before starting something new like that.

I dont lift weights as I have a small phobia of using public machines, but here is my cardio records

3.42 miles - 26 minutes 12 seconds(distance from my house to work)

43 push-ups in one minute

132 push-ups in a row

58 sit-ups in one minute

This isnt really a record, but its something Im proud of, In my Judo class we have something called the Gauntlet. The Gauntlet has a varied number of "defenders" and one challenger, The challenger has to go up to the first defender and preforms the first five judo throws five times against him, the the challenger goes to the second "defender" and is thrown with the first five judo throws five times, the challenger then continues against more "defenders" alternating getting thrown and throwing them until he beats all of the defenders or he gives up. No breaks between the defenders.

Last month I completed a Gauntlet of seven.

Give a man fire, he will be warm for an hour. Set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life.

If the dude's got a psychological condition that prevents him from using a public gym, I doubt someone else is going to be able to convince him to get over his fears through the internet. Getting some sort of home gym (hint: not bowflex, more like a bar and bumper plates) would be the only feasible suggestion.

Anyway, this is the personal record thread. I'm doing Starting Strength at the moment, and posting these is kind of silly, because I'll be beating most of them in the next week, but here goes:

Sit ups ( head past knees. locked hands behind head taps the floor, posterior not used for gaining momentum. 30 second drill- 4060 second drill- 7295 second drill- 100 max- 500 <-- i quit because the carpet burn was tremendous.

Jumping jacks (hands touch thighs when down, fingers cross when up)501 ( just to show up the Sergeant yelling at me)< guess what his max is. SWIM- I cant thus failing at life.Running300 yard shuttle run- 48.50 (pretty much suicides with 60 yards increments)5k- 23.24

Reverse Punches: 500 each side without breaking stance.Deep Horse Stance: 30 minutes. (My old record was 2 hours, but this was by far the most I've done since becoming fat). Overhead lift: Lifting both garbage cans (full) out of the snowbank where they'd become frozen, one in each hand.

A week from now I'm running my first college track meet... I'm a little bit scared of running indoors, because I usually don't breathe well inside at all. But I'm running the 5k around the 300m track, and hoping to throw down a 17 flat, or close to it.

I see people more are talking about marathons now, which is cool... I want to do one someday, hopefully soon. If I can't make the cross team next year, which I think I should, I'd like to run the Chicago Marathon, since this is the last year I could try and win the 19 and under age group and because people on my team come to watch it every year. Problem is, registration closes probably in April already, and I don't think I can commit by then. Otherwise, I'm probably studying abroad for the spring 2010 semester in the Netherlands, so I'm hoping to do one there since I won't have track. I'll probably go for under 3 hours, but making the Boston qualifying time would make me plenty happy. I did a half marathon in 1:30 last fall, when I was in good shape but not specifically for really long distances.

duckshirt wrote:A week from now I'm running my first college track meet... I'm a little bit scared of running indoors, because I usually don't breathe well inside at all. But I'm running the 5k around the 300m track, and hoping to throw down a 17 flat, or close to it.

What school do you run for? I've never raced farther than 3200m on a track, and I've never raced on an indoor track, but keep in mind that your indoor time for 5000m will be slightly slower than your outdoor time (on the order of a few seconds, if you're shooting for 17 flat). Good luck!

Totally not a hypothetical...

Steroid wrote:

bigglesworth wrote:If your economic reality is a choice, then why are you not as rich as Bill Gates?

duckshirt wrote:A week from now I'm running my first college track meet... I'm a little bit scared of running indoors, because I usually don't breathe well inside at all. But I'm running the 5k around the 300m track, and hoping to throw down a 17 flat, or close to it.

What school do you run for? I've never raced farther than 3200m on a track, and I've never raced on an indoor track, but keep in mind that your indoor time for 5000m will be slightly slower than your outdoor time (on the order of a few seconds, if you're shooting for 17 flat). Good luck!

I'm a freshman (D-3; in college, they do the international track events, ie 1500 (or mile indoors), 3000, 5k, 10k, steeplechase), but it turns out I'm not running for them anymore. They decided to make all the outdoor season cuts early this year to a smaller-than-normal team, whereas in previous years, anyone could run the indoor season and a few open meets outdoors. It's probably one of, if not the best running dynasty in division 3 (in good years, the cross team is capable of beating almost all the D-2 teams even), so it's not too disappointing.

So, with that change of plans, I'm maybe running some open track meets and road races eventually, hopefully running a 25k race in May (probably the biggest running event of the year in my area... it's pretty big), and possibly starting marathon-ing next fall, if I don't try out for cross country. It'd be fun to do a marathon while I'm still in the 19 & under age group...

The leg press machine is less beneficial than squats. I use it in conjunction with them, after I have already fatigued my legs, to overload my CNS, and I use it with the full range of motion. My thighs touch my chest at the bottom.